Thanks all for the responses. I called the council and set up an NCS appointment for later this month. They seem to be aware of the English Language requirement, and confirmed that as long as I have the LIUK Certificate, and the Original Degree Certificate, and the print out from the Points based ...

Called the Council NCS department but they dont have a clue, they asked me to call "the Government" But anyway, at this link I found the below, which confirms a print out is OK: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/applying/applicationtypes/naturalisation/kol/english-qualification ...

Thanks CR001 and Ged. I'll probably go with NCS. My only concern is whether they know that to prove Knowledge of English Language can be evidenced as a print out of the points calculator and degree certificate, and I don't really need to apply for NARIC. Should I ask this question as a separate post ...

Hi all,

Need some help here. I plan to apply for the BCS soon, and this seems to be a long process and I want to take the shortest route - which option do you think is the fastest? Post (signed for next day) or NCS?

Any updates anyone? It will be interesting to hear if anyone applied after the 4th Jan got their visa? Please do share information!! I am relying on this forum to set my expectations (sort of!) I applied on the 12th so it is a tensed situation as I am having to change tickets every now and then. hay ...

The wait is too long, shouldn't they hire more people, rather than holding people's passports forever? Does not justify the high fee in anyway.

sonu1983 wrote:Hi,

Has anyone applied on Jan 12th got their visa ??

I keeep on calling BHC but no one is picking up the call.


Regards

Thanks for the update Maverick. It helps me gauge how long they are now taking. Looks like another 6 working days wait as I applied on the 12th!! Cheers Applied for Tier-1 dependent visa for my newborn son in VFS-Chennai on 04 Jan 2011. Recieved email alert today morning(28 Jan) and collected the ...

Applied from Chennai. So no courier for me but will need to go and collect. No idea about why your visa status shows as forwarded. It may not have got updated...can only hope it comes soon. Hi Pushpam, Even I have applied on Jan 12, 2011 from Bangalore VFS. Where did you apply from? My status is not ...

Hello there, My wife has applied for the dependant tier 1 on the 12th of Jan as well. The status still shows "under processing with bhc" but this is taking forever. I hope the visa comes before the end of first week Feb. Others please update so we can get an idea of the turn around times currently ...